The College
of Westchester
For-profit College in White Plains, NY. Six-year graduation rate 44%. Median 10-year earnings $42,215.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $42,215 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. 44% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. Graduates carry a median of $26,967 in debt — in line with the national norm. It also moves people — 3.9% of students climb from the bottom fifth of the income distribution to the top.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Debt-to-income ratio 0.64 — elevated (above 0.60)
Admissions
With an acceptance rate of 94%, The College of Westchester takes nearly everyone who applies. Only 448 students applied, so treat these rates as directional — small pools swing sharply between cycles. About 21% of admitted students enroll, a yield in the normal range.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Completion is middling: 44% finish inside six years. Retention of 79% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. That gap between coming back and finishing is where this school loses people — after the first year, not during it. Transfer-out runs to 17% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. At 19:1, class sizes land in the normal range for an undergraduate institution.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 760 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $15,871 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $15,129 at the $0–30k band to $24,909 at $110k+. Grant aid is widespread — 98% of students receive it, averaging $10,667. Borrowing is widespread: 66% take federal loans.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 98 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $15,129 |
| $30–48k | $16,279 |
| $48–75k | $17,261 |
| $75–110k | $20,617 |
| $110k+ | $24,909 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 503 of these 760 students, totalling $2,810,092 — an average of $5,587 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Westchester County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)